Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Economics of Privacy

C. Tucker, Presentation here

The Economics of Privacy: Major Economic Policy Issues

W. Kovacic, Presentation here

The Future of FTC Jurisdiction over Antitrust and Consumer Protection: A Commentary

J. Brill, here. Video, here  (featuring also Bill Kovacic).

FTC Amicus Brief on Pharmaceutical "Product Hopping"


MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al., )  v. WARNER CHILCOTT PUBLIC LIMITED  COMPANY, et al., , here.

An inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press

Leveson Report, here. Executive summary here

Network Neutrality and European Law

J. Sluijs, here

LSR: Google-Imperialismus

Faz.net, hier

Bye-bye Verica (Trstenjak)

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

Google Fires a Rare Public Salvo Over Aggregators

NYT, here

Internet providers' latest scheme to fight piracy delayed until next year

TheVerge.com, here.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Why Keep a Dog and Bark? The UK Government Replicates the Actions of its Independent Energy Regulator

Competitionpolicy.wordpress.com, here

Competition and personal data protection

J. Almunia, here

Is a clickable link a communication to the public? New case referred to the CJEU

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

The Market Realities That Undermine the Antitrust Case Against Google

G. Manne, here

Study on Economic Assessment for Improving eAccessibility Services and Products

Digital Agenda for Europe, here (pdf file).

WIPO Committee Finishes A Step Closer To Treaty For Visually Impaired

Ip-watch.org, here

First strike: how tech's superpowers could start an ecosystem war

Theverge.com, here

Monday, November 19, 2012

Canada Set to Endorse the Concept of a WIPO Treaty for the Blind

Excesscopyright.blogspot.ca, here

EU at SCCR/25 on VIP Issues

"Mr. Chairman, the EU and its Member States are now also in
the position to negotiate the conclusion of an instrument
including a binding treaty," here

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Regolamento "Rating di legalità"

AGCM, qui

Transparency in EU Retail Energy Markets


Working Group Report prepared for the 5th Citizens' Energy Forum, here.

Kansas : une bibliothèque en colère contre la politique de prêt d'ebooks

Actualitte.com, here

Android Rises to 90% of Smartphone Market in China

Techinasia.com, here

Privacy considerations of online behavioural tracking

Enisa.europa.eu, here

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Eltern für illegales Filesharing ihrer minderjährigen Kinder

Juris.bundesgerichtshof.de, hier

Weakening the OA policy in the EU

P. Suber, here

Japanese Antitrust and Compliance: The Fair Trade Commission, no longer a toothless tiger?

Cliffordchance.com, here

La presse suisse rejoint le front de la Lex Google

Numerama.com, ici

Price Comparisons on the Internet

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, here

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: When IP Does Not Seem to Matter

Ipfinance.blogspot.com, here

Quels remèdes pour les abus de position dominante ?

P. Bougette, F. Marty, ici

On German ancillary copyright for media publishers

Ences.eu, Press Release, here

La CNC sanciona por primera vez a una persona física por infringir normas de defensa de la competencia

Diariojuridico.com, aquì.

Does Oracle/UsedSoft ruling breach WIPO Copyright Treaty?

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here

Implementing Antitrust's Welfare Goals

H. Hovenkamp, here

New briefs complicate Supreme Court pay-for-delay conundrum

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here

Monday, November 12, 2012

Google's Appeal Brief in Google Books Case

Here

The Regulatory Turn in IP

M. Lemley, here

Four More Years: What Obama’s Reelection Means for United States Antitrust Policies

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here

L'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle - Point d'étape

Syndicat national de l'édition, Présentation ici

Bibliothèques, musées : exemples de bonnes pratiques en matière de diffusion du domaine public

Scinfolex.wordpress.com, ici

Der Wandel des deutschen Buchmarktes in Zeiten von Digitalisierung und Mobilisierung. Eine institutionenökonomische Analyse

S. Putzig, Abstract zur Dissertation, hier (pdf File). 

Warum „Do not Track” den Datenschutz nicht retten wird

Telemedicus.info, hier

Der Streit mit Apple schwemmt Millionen in die SBB-Kasse

Tagesanzeiger.ch, hier

The Role of the Efficiency Claims In Antitrust Proceedings

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat (Fiorenzo Bovenzi and Anna Pisarkiewicz), here

Leniency for Subsequent Applicants

OECD, Issues paper by the Secretariat, here

Limitations and constraints to International Co-operation

OECD, Issues Paper by the Secretariat (A. Capobianco), here

Digitally binding


J. Poort,  I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B.van der Sloot, P. Rutten, here in English and here in Dutch.

Multi-Stakeholder Discussions à la Internet Governance Forum For WIPO?

Ip-watch.org, here.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

OECD Digital Economy Papers, here

Supreme Court Copyright Case Could Change Nature of Ownership

Law.com, here

Scott Turow on Penguin Random House

Blog.authorsguild.org, here

Open-source design

Economist.com, here

Competition in Information Technologies: Standards-Essential Patents, Non-Practicing Entities and FRAND Bidding

H. Hovenkamp, here

Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval

Guardian.co.uk, here

Overcoming barriers to competition in water

S. Brown, here.

Publishers Abroad Take On Google

Nytimes.com, here

Faulkner Estate in Mississippi Files Copyright Suit Over Quotes in Movie, Ad

Insurancejournal.com, here

Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in der Cloud

Cloud.irights.info, hier

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Randy Picker Examines Market Power and Advertising During AEI’s Discussion of Google and Antitrust

Techpolicy.com, here

Exclusionary Vertical Restraints and Antitrust: Experimental Law and Economics Contributions

C. Landeo, here

Random House and Penguin merge to take on Amazon, Apple

Reuters.com, here

Leistungsschutzrecht als Taschenspielertrick

Politik.eco.de, hier

§ 52a UrhG wird wohl verlängert, aber vermutlich nicht entfristet

Iuwis.de, hier

Privacy Takes Center Stage in Uruguay

EFF.org, here

US-Supreme Court: Richtungsweisende Entscheidung zum Secondhand-Handel erwartet

Urheberrecht.org, hier

Buyer Power and Suppliers' Incentives to Innovate

C. Koehler, C. Rammer, here.

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley Oral Arguments

Transcript here. Audio file here

NYC regulators propose rules for taxi apps

Theverge.com, here

Zur Reform des europäischen Datenschutzrechts

S. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, here

Substitutes & football: a primer in market definition

R. Trindade, R. Smith, here

Lex Google : Hollande préfère un petit accord entre amis...

Numerama.com, here

The Annual Privacy Forum 1st edition

Privacyforum.eu, Presentations here

Would "Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality" work?

A. Acquisti, Presentation here

Good Things Come in Threes? DOJ, FTC and EC Officials Wax Eloquent About FRAND

Patentlyo.com, here

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Proposed Data Protection Regulation

Here

Off-Topic: European Council on EU's Nobel Prize for Peace


"The European Council is grateful that the European Union was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Prize is an honour for all European citizens and for all EU Member States and institutions. The Nobel Committee rightly reminds how "the Union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in
Europe". At a time of uncertainty, this tribute to past achievements is a strong appeal to safeguard and strengthen Europe for the next generation. Aware that advancing this community of peaceful interests requires constant care and an unwavering will, the members of the European Council regard it as their personal responsibility  to ensure Europe remains a continent of progress and prosperity", here.

Proyecto de Ley de creación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia

Congreso.es, aquì

Private Recoveries in International Cartel Cases Worldwide: What do the Data Show?

J. Connor, here

Unfair methods of competition under FTC § 5: Beyond the Sherman Act and an ex post model of enforcement

R. Peritz, here

Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil

PaidContent.org, here

Beyond the integration of Markets: The citizen at the heart of EU law

J. Almunia, here

Poland and Hungary Adapted PSI Directive Transpositions (Infringement procedures closed)

Epsiplatform.eu, here

Google se paie la presse

Owni.fr, ici.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Good practices for university open-access policies

Harvard Open Access Project, here

Privacy: FTC declines to join European criticism of Google

Washingtonpost.com, here

Behavioural problem, behavioural solution: the case of extended warranties

Oxera, here

Datenschutz: Deutschland auf Google-Facebook-Kuschelkurs

Spiegel.de, hier

Market Definition

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Unilateral Disclosure of Information with Anticompetitive Effects

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway, but scholar argues fashion is like free software.

Arstechnica.com, here

The WIPO „Internet Treaties” and Copyright in the „Cloud”

M. Ficsor, here (Word file).

Licensing the Cloud

D. Gervais, here

Opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on the proposed data protection reform package

Opinion here

CJEU: Austrian Data Protection Authority not Independent

Case C-614/10, 16.10.2012, here